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Wally
Kimmick		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 189
 
Born: May 30, 1897 in Usa, PA, TURTLE CREEK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Seriess Won 1927    1928   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1919 22 SLN NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 3 4 6 4 5 9 7 7
1920 23 SLN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 3 4 7 5 5 9 7 7
1921 24 SLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 7 5 5 9 7 7
1922 25 SLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 7 5 6 6 4 5 9 7 7
1923 26 SLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 7 2 2 2 7 5 6 6 4 5 9 7 7
1924 27 SLN NL $ 1,342,857   5 5 7 2 2 2 7 5 6 6 4 5 9 7 7
1925 28 SLN NL $ 1,414,286   6 6 7 2 2 2 8 6 6 6 4 4 9 7 7
1926 29 SLN NL $ 1,414,286   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 6 6 6 4 4 9 7 7
1927 30 WAS AL $ 801,000   5 5 7 2 2 2 8 6 7 6 4 4 9 7 7
1928 31 WAS AL $ 801,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 8 6 7 6 4 4 9 7 7
1929 32 PHI NL $ 801,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 7 5 6 6 4 4 8 6 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 3 4 6 4 4 8 6 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,414,286   6 6 7 2 2 2 8 6 7 7 5 5 9 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1919 22 AA   119 430 72 105 11 4 9 54 22 14 101 51 .244 .388 .351 .739 68.2  
1920 23 SLN NL 99 352 38 80 4 8 1 39 14 14 34 38 .227 .295 .293 .587 26.6 0.6
    AA   12 47 8 19 3 0 2 10 4 2 7 0 .404 .481 .596 1.077 11.8  
1921 24 SLN NL 105 269 48 82 9 7 2 33 15 13 36 25 .305 .383 .413 .796 41.4 5.8
1922 25 SLN NL 106 330 64 105 18 7 3 43 17 8 33 27 .318 .377 .442 .819 51.0 8.9
1923 26 SLN NL 119 373 53 112 17 7 1 50 6 8 29 25 .300 .349 .391 .740 47.7 7.5
1924 27 SLN NL 135 413 64 127 16 10 3 72 7 4 36 35 .308 .360 .416 .776 57.0 8.5
1925 28 SLN NL 127 407 53 103 15 8 1 54 11 6 38 21 .253 .315 .337 .651 40.7 2.9
1926 29 SLN NL 113 270 36 71 10 7 2 28 4 7 20 15 .263 .312 .374 .686 28.0 2.7
1927 30 WAS AL 36 64 11 18 1 1 1 11 0 0 7 8 .281 .352 .375 .727 7.0 1.0
1928 31 WAS AL 61 41 19 13 0 1 0 7 0 0 7 2 .317 .400 .366 .766 6.9 1.1
1929 32 WAS AL 29 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .083 .154 .083 .237 -0.2 0.0
  PHI NL 73 233 27 67 9 3 2 24 5 10 18 15 .288 .337 .378 .715 25.2 2.8
  TOT   102 245 29 68 9 3 2 25 5 10 19 15 .278 .328 .363 .692 25.0 2.8
10 Years Sim 1003 2764 415 779 99 59 16 362 79 70 259 211 .282 .341 .378 .719 331.2 41.8
2 Years AA 131 477 80 124 14 4 11 64 26 16 108 51 .260 .397 .375 .772 80.0  
162 Game Average 446 67 125 15 9 2 58 12 11 41 34 .282 .341 .378 .719 53.5  
Career Highs 135 413 64 127 18 10 3 72 17 14 38 38 .318 .400 .442 .819 57.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1662 226 424 49 34 9 221 39 40 129 165 .255 .307 .342 .649 168.8
vs LH   1102 189 355 50 25 7 141 40 30 130 46 .322 .390 .432 .822 178.7
Home 516 1434 208 400 46 26 9 180 39 34 131 98 .279 .337 .366 .703 174.0
Away 487 1330 207 379 53 33 7 182 40 36 128 113 .285 .346 .390 .736 173.5
RISP   782 0 217 23 19 3 317 0 0 68 71 .277 .327 .367 .694 95.5
Pinch Hitting   53 6 9 0 0 0 6 1 1 9 7 .170 .290 .170 .460 3.2
Close/Late   270 61 63 6 4 2 23 0 0 22 23 .233 .290 .307 .598 24.5
Mar/Apr 100 227 29 60 9 4 1 33 9 5 21 17 .264 .323 .352 .675 26.2
May 166 422 64 105 9 9 1 46 15 7 43 33 .249 .316 .320 .636 44.9
June 169 398 52 117 17 9 2 50 12 10 36 34 .294 .352 .397 .749 53.2
July 176 523 80 142 19 16 5 65 17 15 39 36 .272 .320 .398 .717 63.5
August 187 526 90 163 22 12 5 73 14 11 56 42 .310 .374 .426 .800 80.7
Sep/Oct 205 668 100 192 23 9 2 95 12 22 64 49 .287 .347 .358 .705 79.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1920 23 SLN NL 3B 58 58 509.3 27 103 4 2 .970 2.30   2.5
    2B 31 31 278.0 71 111 4 14 .978 5.89   1.0
    SS 8 6 59.0 3 22 1 3 .962 3.81   0.2
1921 24 SLN NL 3B 41 40 352.0 20 80 4 5 .962 2.56   2.6
    2B 24 16 153.3 38 56 1 10 .989 5.52   0.3
    SS 32 10 118.0 21 52 2 7 .973 5.57   0.7
1922 25 SLN NL 2B 55 53 423.7 105 176 4 37 .986 5.97   1.6
    3B 23 22 191.0 18 40 1 3 .983 2.73   1.5
    SS 27 15 133.0 26 56 3 12 .965 5.55   1.0
1923 26 SLN NL SS 60 49 452.0 80 173 8 43 .969 5.04   2.5
    2B 37 20 201.7 48 73 1 16 .992 5.40   0.4
    3B 18 18 155.0 14 32 4 2 .920 2.67   0.8
1924 27 SLN NL SS 96 86 745.0 149 275 29 65 .936 5.12   2.7
    3B 22 21 186.3 16 33 2 1 .961 2.37   0.9
    2B 15 6 67.3 17 26 2 8 .956 5.75   0.1
1925 28 SLN NL SS 83 71 646.3 125 273 14 49 .966 5.54   3.9
    2B 33 24 221.0 53 105 3 26 .981 6.43   0.8
    3B 10 8 76.0 1 18 1 4 .950 2.25   0.3
1926 29 SLN NL SS 65 47 424.0 79 170 14 36 .947 5.29   1.5
    2B 32 15 157.0 37 65 3 14 .971 5.85   0.2
    3B 10 8 71.0 10 20 1 3 .968 3.80   0.4
1927 30 WAS AL 2B 10 7 63.7 19 20 1 5 .975 5.51   0.2
    SS 11 6 62.0 11 34 2 8 .957 6.53   0.6
    3B 7 4 37.0 4 14 0 1 1.000 4.38   0.4
1928 31 WAS AL 2B 13 3 39.0 9 21 1 4 .968 6.92   0.2
    3B 14 1 32.7 2 6 2 0 .800 2.20   0.0
    SS 8 2 30.0 11 10 2 2 .913 6.30   0.1
1929 32 WAS AL 3B 19 15 23.6 2 6 1 0 .889 3.05   0.1
    2B 6 4 6.5 2 2 0 0 1.000 5.54   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  PHI NL 3B 48 37 458.4 34 113 10 9 .936 2.89   1.1
    2B 15 9 125.5 31 49 1 8 .988 5.74   0.4
    SS 3 0 4.8 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.0
  SS 394 292 2674.3 507 1066 75 225 .954 5.29   13.2
  3B 270 232 2092.3 148 465 30 30 .953 2.64   10.7
  2B 271 188 1736.6 430 704 21 142 .982 5.88   5.3
Career Totals   935 712 6503.3 1085 2235 126 397 .963 4.59   29.2
Career Highs   133 113 998.7 182 396 33 79 .981 5.64    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1922 25 SLN NL 6 22 3 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 .182 .217 .318 .536
1928 31 WAS AL 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 9 23 4 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 .217 .280 .348 .628
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1919
Injured on 8/4/1919 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/1/1920, off Harry Kirsch (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/12/1920, off Pete Alexander (CHN)
Injured on 5/11/1922 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
2/16/1924: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
2/14/1925: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,414,286 through salary arbitration
2/13/1926: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,414,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/20/1927 to a 3-year deal worth $801,000 per year
Injured on 9/26/1927 with a Fractured Foot, out for 2-3 weeks
Won World Series with Washington in 1927
Won World Series with Washington in 1928
 
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